Set across three days, 22-24 May 2018, Clerkenwell Design Week returns for its ninth edition, hosting the best in design from the UK and beyond, and featuring a wide range of talent from the area from young entrepreneurial start-ups to well established design practices. Each year, Clerkenwell Design Week displays new projects and commissioned installations located within high profile spaces across Clerkenwell.

Alex Chinneck is known for his outdoor installations. But, that all changed when he revealed his latest project at The German Museum of Kirchheim Unter Teck. The installation known as ‘Birth, death and a midlife crisis’ where he tied a knot in a 450-year-old column, has been added to some of his most captivating works.

Contemporary Danish furniture brand, BoConcept introduces its comprehensive range of rugs, ceramics, cushions, artwork, throws and more stunning final touches for every room and we can’t get enough of it!

Things are looking up for homeowners wanting to apply one of 2018’s hottest interior trends. The interiors experts at www.iwantwallpaper.co.uk have a fantastic range of wallpapers, perfect for creating your very own STATEMENT CEILING.

London-based brand and design studio Tiipoi has today unveiled Kolam Light, a new, site-specific light installation at White City Place in West London. Inspired by the traditional South Indian ritual of Kolam, which sees families drawing ritualistic patterns daily on their thresholds to offer both a friendly and a spiritual welcome to their homes, Kolam Light will act as an ever-changing daily beacon for workers and the wider public.

Future Icons is somewhere you need to get your good self down to. Yup, there are great presents and investment pieces for other people, but mainly there are brilliant things for you to buy. For yourself. A pop up showroom that acts as a base for a rotating list of international brands, here are some of our favourites at the moment.

As well as writing Christmas cards, which we genuinely love and find really therapeutic, we also love getting a Christmas tree, dragging it back home on the bus and then getting out all the ornaments from previous years and new ones we bought with great foresight in the January sales. Winning. Here are some of our faves from this year’s offerings.

We have done our darn best to get the ultimate Christmas list together. A list just for you. No one else. A list for other people to have, to give presents to YOU. Glad we cleared that up. Have a gander.

Sometimes the contract market gets the best collaborations. This time, Kelly Hoppen MBE has joined forces with leading carpet manufacturer Brintons to create a bold new collection of contemporary woven carpets. The new venture is the renowned interior designer’s first ever carpet collection and will be launched at Sleep, the annual hotel design event taking place in London this November.

Just because it’s getting darker and because we bloody like yellow, we thought we would have a think about yellow bathrooms. Could be tiles, furniture or maybe a bin. Let’s brighten up December with a bit of Spring.

It may be a 7 hour flight away, but Dubai is fast becoming a key stop off on the design calendar. Pitching itself as the point where East meets West and where design lovers the world over can meet and celebrate and now with the respected Will Knight at the helm, Dubai Design Week, the leading festival in the region, starts tomorrow. Here are some key features and installations as well as brands and talks to make sure you visit.

It’s heading towards Christmas (there’s no denying it, it’s happening whether you like it or not) So we thought we would list some fun, reasonably inexpensive gifts for the home, perfect for family and friends.

Fancy finding some of the best in up and coming print artwork? Then head down to London’s contemporary illustration event. Back in residence on London’s Southbank at the raw industrial space of the Bargehouse, this year The London Illustration Fair puts the emphasis on play with interactive artworks and hands on workshops.